Gov 200 Exam 1 Ferdon Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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Gov 200 Exam 1 Ferdon Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Definition of Worldview (Sire)
Answer: commitment, orientation of the heart, from set of presuppositions
that we hold about the basic constitution of reality and provides the
foundation on which we live, move, and have our being.


Question:
Definition of Worldview (Shaeffer)
Answer: basic grid through which we view the world based on our
presuppositions


Question:
Five worldviews that impact western intellectual thought
Answer: ****Biblical Christian
Rationalist
Romantic
Process Philosophy
Postmodernism


Question:
Primary Questions
Answer: Cosmological and Anthropological


Question:
Cosmological

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Answer: what is the origin, nature, and destiny of all that exists (including
man)


Question:
Anthropological
Answer: What is the origin, nature, role and destiny of man?


Question:
Four philosophical dilemmas
Answer: Ontology, Epistemology, Axiology, Teleology


Question:
Ontology
Answer: Origin: where did we come from?


Question:
Epistemology
Answer: Knowledge: How do we know?


Question:
Axiology
Answer: Value: what is most valuable


Question:
Teleology
Answer: Destiny: where are we going?